Olympian Yu all smiles as his club fencers win big in Sukma

Fencers from Valor Fencing Club

FORMER Olympian fencer Yu Peng Kean was a pleased man at the end of the Malaysia Games (Sukma) fencing competition.

Peng Kean, together with former national teammates Husnul Ariq and Ahmad Syukran from Valor Fencing Club enjoyed the satisfaction of seeing their charges stand tall on the podium in Kuching.

Their fencers fought their way to a total of four gold, four silver and four bronze medals.

Peng Kean was especially proud to see his students pull off an impressive clean sweep of the gold, silver and bronze in the boy's and girls' sabre categories for individual and team events.

"Our fencers represented six different states, namely FT, Johor, Penang, Melaka, Perak and Selangor," said Peng Kean, whose forte is in sabre.

"For foil category, our fencers also won two bronze medals - boy's individual and team.

"As former national fencers, we are happy to contribute to help develop the sport.

"We are pleased to see our fencers making it on the Sukma stage. It's been a long time since fencing is included in Sukma and everybody were looking forward to it," said Peng Kean, who represented Malaysia at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Teh Zi Hao, representing Johor, bagged gold in the boy's sabre individual and silver in the team.

His charges Aidan Lee Jared Marcus, Wlliam Lee, Dylan Lee and Sebastian Lim also featured for Perak in the victorious boy's sabre team.

Zi Hao, Aidan and Dylan bagged gold in the cadet category in the Commonwealth Youth Fencing Championships in Auckland, New Zealand recently.

Peng Kean also guided the Federal Territories girls' sabre team comprising Resha Shaveena, Nur Irdina Amani and Isabel Chan to victory.

Valor Fencing Club medallists

Gold

Teh Zi Hao (Joh) boy's sabre individual

Aidan Lee Jared Marcus, William Lee, Dylan Lee, Sebastian Lim (Prk) boy's sabre team

Nur Irdina Amani (FT) girls' sabre individual

Resha Shaveena, Nur Irdina Amani, Isabel Chan (FT) girls' sabre team

Silver

Tony Lee (Mel) boy's sabre individual

Teh Zi Hao, Keane Leong, Rainier Chan (Joh) boy's sabre team

Resha Shaveena (FT) girls' sabre individual

Natalie Wang, Sum Suhui, Jenessa Goh (Sel) girls' sabre team

Bronze

Keane Leong (Joh) boy's sabre individual

Tony Lee, Terry Lee (Mel) boy's sabre team

Renee Chan (Joh) girls sabre individual

Heng Yu Shern (Sel) boy's foil individual

Jenessa Tong, Kayli Leong, Amirah Syafiqah Ahmad (Prk) girls' sabre team

Jonas Goh, Heng Yu Shern (Sel) boy's foil team.